My tale of under $200 Hive account, Is I am demotivated?

I am one of the user that joined Crypto space after Dec -2017 boom and in reality I have many friends who had purchased bitcoin on the price range of 15K-17K. For some reason, I did not FOMOed at all ,and took a very opposite approach ,let's dig out the thing that has so huge potential that can go on breaking barrier on the price and reports are claiming that it can reach upto million dollars per Bitcoin.

My journey started by learning about Bitcoin from Mastering Bitcoin Book and Mastering Blockchain and in the meantime I come to know about alt coins also. Steem attracted me because it look to me a perfect place to "learn ,earn, share and enjoy" (At least from top it look like but after posting I learnt some harsh reality like bid bots and circle jerk. I also see the great potential in blockchain that have 0 transaction fees. I think who want to pay the part of his hard earned money in transaction fees when it can be securely transferred by paying no fees at all?

With confidence in platform I purchased some $150 worth of Steem (I guess 175) and along with my existing SP , I am little shy of $200 account at that time. Now My HP and Hive grown many folds (may be 7x) but I am still shy of $200 account.

So am I demotivated now? Wow! almost close to 3 years and you are standing on same "Dollar" value with all your labor does not look cool at all but the fundamentals of blockchain are still same for me.(0 transaction fees, bid bots gone and "learn and earn" is also valid. So Blockchain is not disappointing me on the fundamentals.

When I read the post like this , It make my belief strong that we are underutilized and underestimated in this race.

When I see the success of Leofinance and splinterland's it give me belief that blockchain has all tool to create a successful enterprise.

When I see the lot of users engaging with each other it give me felling of "Hive is alive".

When I find that lot of user earn more in Hive than doing real life job in their failed economies of country then it show me that Hive is real lifeline to them.

So What? Onus lies on us completely to use Hive and build in Hive and keep promoting the marketable feature of Hive. Though I am also not happy with the complex curation curve in Hive, lack of proper communication and some "gossip ideas" that some top stakeholders/witness of Hive put forward without doing any homework/groundwork on it.

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